Quotes about wind
wind trying
The one who tries to get something for nothing generally winds up getting nothing for something. Napoleon Hill
wind-blowing imagination use
If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination.
wind civilization ships
You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense. Napoleon Bonaparte
wind glee watches
We love the kindly wind and hail, The jolly thunderbolt, We watch in glee the fairy trail Of ampere, watt, and volt.
wind tree branches
Wind is caused by the trees waving their branches.
wind support sailor
The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself. The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound. Og Mandino
wind sailor port
The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.
wind curves would-be
If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve. Norman Mailer
wind knowing water
Into this universe, and why not knowing Nor whence, like water willy-nilly flowing; And out of it, as wind along the wate, I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing. Omar Khayyam
wind horny dinner
It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it. O. Henry
wind lust company
Those who follow where their genitals lead them often wind up in tedious company. Mason Cooley
wind play arrogance
Those who refuse to play second fiddle may wind up playing no fiddle at all.
wind church daily-life
I don't go to church much anymore, but Methodist values still wind me up and send me ticking into my daily life. Mem Fox
wind done target
Stretch targets energize. We have found that by reaching for what appears to be the impossible, we often actually do the impossible; and even when we don't quite make it, we inevitably wind up doing much better than we would have done. Jack Welch
wind-turbines wind turbines
I wouldn't be against them (large wind turbines) if they actually worked. James Lovelock
wind-turbines energy schemes
We rushed into renewable energy without any thought. The schemes are largely hopelessly inefficient and unpleasant. I personally can't stand windmills at any price.
wind away-we-go teach
I'll teach you how to jump on the wind's back, and then away we go. James M. Barrie
wind shows edges
The wind shows us how close to the edge we are. Joan Didion
wind weather imagination
It is hard for people who have not lived in Los Angeles to realize how radically the Santa Ana figures in the local imagination. ... The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.
wind world foolish
Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. Emma Goldman
wind matter indifference
No matter the time, carried away the wind is Better your absence Thy indifference. Serge Gainsbourg
wind voice bombs
If my comrades are not destined to rule the world, then away with it! A shower of atom bombs upon it and in place of its meaningsless chatter about 'love' and 'peace' the voice of the howling wind over its ruins. Savitri Devi
wind storm breeze
One small breeze doesn't make a wind storm. John McGraw
wind islands enough
The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind. John Millington Synge
wind suffering trying
Since the foods Americans consume are so calorie-rich, we have all been trying to diet by eating smaller portions of low-nutrient foods. We not only have to suffer hunger but also wind up with perverted cravings because we are nutrient-deficient to boot. Joel Fuhrman
wind creating tribes
Anybody who tunes into Rush Limabaugh already knows what he's going to say and is already inclined to agree. So it winds up creating tribes. George A. Romero
wind circles verbs
I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends. Garrison Keillor
wind house curiosity
Curiosity ran unchecked through him, like the wind outside through the deserted streets, along the canal, around the little wooden houses, everywhere, as far as the mountain. Gabrielle Roy
wind sail
The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail. Francois Fenelon
wind water bird
The rhythms of nature - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.
wind storm demon
We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry. John Burroughs
wind way heat
Wind is God's way of balancing heat. Wind is the way you shift heat from areas where it's hotter to areas where it's cooler. That's what wind is. Joe Barton
wind forever soul
What shall I compare it to, this fantastic thing I call my Mind? To a waste-paper basket, to a sieve choked with sediment, or to a barrel full of floating froth and refuse? No, what it is really most like is a spider's web, insecurely hung on leaves and twigs, quivering in every wind, and sprinkled with dewdrops and dead flies. And at its centre, pondering forever the Problem of Existence, sits motionless the spider-like and uncanny Soul. Logan Pearsall Smith